Francesco Magnelli

Francesco Magnelli was a Florentine engineer, architect, and land surveyor (ingegnere architetto e agrimensore) whose documented activity falls within the brief window of the early 1780s, during which his most significant known work — the survey and drawing of the 1783 plan of Florence — was executed. The professional title under which he signed the plan places him within the tradition of the Tuscan surveyor-engineers who served the Leopoldine administration’s ambitious program of rational governance, territorial measurement, and urban improvement. Beyond the Florence plan, the details of his career, training, and other works remain to be established.